Suspicious truck causes airport delays

Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005

By Associated Press

ATLANTA - Baggage claim and ticketing for part of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were closed for two hours Sunday while airport police investigated a suspicious rental truck abandoned on an airport loading curb, authorities said.

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The north terminal's baggage claim and ticketing area were closed between 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday after a bomb sniffing dog alerted police to the possibility of explosives inside an abandoned U-Haul truck parked on the curb next to the north terminal area, said Maj. Darryl Tolleson.

About 1,000 passengers deplaning at the airport had to wait to receive their luggage.

A bomb technician later found the truck contained some fireworks and nitroglycerin pills for heart medicine, which is what the dog had detected, Tolleson said.

No criminal action is being sought against the truck renter, Tolleson said.

"It appears the person was in a big hurry and in too big of a hurry to return the truck to U-Haul," he said.